RSS feed of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/2008highlevel News stories about the United Nations Millennium Development Goals en Copyright 2012, United Nations United Nations Logo http://www.un.org/media/utilities/unlogo_blue.gif http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/2008highlevel 80 United Nations Logo Investing in agriculture most effective way to eradicate poverty in Africa - UN http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41636&Cr=mdg&Cr1= Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:00:00 EST With the deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) just three years away, a senior United Nations official today emphasized that spending on agriculture is the most effective type of investment for halting poverty in Africa. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41636&Cr=mdg&Cr1= Horn of Africa the biggest winner at UN charity soccer match http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=40722&Cr=horn+of+africa&Cr1= Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST The annual Match Against Poverty, which brings together dozens of soccer stars and United Nations Goodwill Ambassadors to spotlight the UN's efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and help people in need, turned into an on-field goalfest today. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=40722&Cr=horn+of+africa&Cr1= UN meeting hears call for greater Asia-Pacific cooperation on development goals http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=40652&Cr=mdg&Cr1= Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST Asia-Pacific countries need to boost their cooperation with each other if the region is to achieve the series of social and economic targets known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by their 2015 deadline, a United Nations meeting heard today. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=40652&Cr=mdg&Cr1= UN and volleyball partner to promote global anti-poverty goals http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=40432&Cr=MDG&Cr1= Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:00:00 EST Continuing its efforts to harness the power of sport to raise awareness about international issues and effect social change, the United Nations is partnering with volleyball to use the sport to spotlight the campaign to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=40432&Cr=MDG&Cr1= Comic book on UN anti-poverty goals honoured with prize http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=40225&Cr=mdg&Cr1= Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EST A comic book produced by the United Nations to raise awareness and to educate children around the world about the anti-poverty targets known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) was honoured today with a prize at an awards ceremony in Monaco. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=40225&Cr=mdg&Cr1= Six million new teachers needed to ensure UN goal of universal primary education http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=39936&Cr=teachers&Cr1= Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EST The United Nations marked World Teachers' Day today with a warning that 6.1 million more teachers are needed to meet the internationally agreed Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of attaining universal primary education by 2015. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=39936&Cr=teachers&Cr1= Secretary-General presses for bold measures to meet development goals http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=38593&Cr=mdg&Cr1= Thu, 02 Jun 2011 00:00:00 EST Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged ministers from around the world to "act boldly" to meet the social and economic targets known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by their deadline of 2015. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=38593&Cr=mdg&Cr1= UN-backed forum on using sport to spur peace and development kicks off http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=38324&Cr=sport&Cr1= Tue, 10 May 2011 00:00:00 EST A global forum on the relationship between sport and peace and prosperity began today in Geneva with a call from a senior United Nations official to use sport as a catalyst for achieving the social and economic targets known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=38324&Cr=sport&Cr1= General Assembly President holds wide-ranging talks with UK officials http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=38002&Cr=deiss&Cr1= Mon, 04 Apr 2011 00:00:00 EST The President of the General Assembly held talks today with British officials in London on issues such as United Nations reform and the anti-poverty targets known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), as well as recent developments in several global hotspots. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=38002&Cr=deiss&Cr1= Spain's goalkeeper Casillas to score poverty reduction goals as UN Goodwill Ambassador http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=37365&Cr=UNDP&Cr1= Mon, 24 Jan 2011 00:00:00 EST The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today appointed Spanish football goalkeeper Iker Casillas as a Goodwill Ambassador for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), with a focus on promoting poverty reduction, education and health, and issues affecting young people in developing countries. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=37365&Cr=UNDP&Cr1=